Soil for cfls?

jestacrazy

Well-Known Member

• Jul 26, 2008

• #1

what kind of soil should i use with cfls? i want it to be easy to maintain, cause i dont got a ph tester.

 

goneja

Well-Known Member

• Jul 26, 2008

• #2

fox farm ocean soil is good stuff thats what my friends use. If you want to keep the ph good read about adding fine dolomite lime to your soil

 

B

bfq

Well-Known Member

• Jul 26, 2008

• #3

get a pH test kit... the drop kind can be had for about $10.

neither soil nor CFLs have anything to do with the pH level of your water.

 

jestacrazy

Well-Known Member

• Jul 28, 2008

• #4

thanks dudes. do u think there might be any ph testers, and good soil at wall mart? i herd u can use bakeing soda and vinger to adjust ph levels. is that true?

 

NewGrowth

Well-Known Member

• Jul 28, 2008

• #5

Wal mart has ph testers and decent soil mixes too just don't get anything with a time release fert. Use lime and sulfur to adjust PH levels you should not need to adjust much if you get a decent soil mix.

 

jestacrazy

Well-Known Member

• Jul 28, 2008

• #6

what is sulfer? do u meen like lime from a lemon or a lime? should i just get a regular potting soil mix from wall mart?

 

NewGrowth

Well-Known Member

• Jul 29, 2008

• #7

jestacrazy said:

what is sulfer? do u meen like lime from a lemon or a lime? should i just get a regular potting soil mix from wall mart?

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Lime is a pulverized mineral additive, sulfur is just that sulfur it comes in a powder form as well and will lower the ph of your soil. Regular potting mix should be fine just don't get anything with time release fertilizers and make sure the bag does not look old or poorly stored.

 

jestacrazy

Well-Known Member

• Jul 29, 2008

• #8

i think im just gonna use bakein soda, that other thing to adjust it.

 

boiStone

Active Member

• Jul 29, 2008

• #9

Go to Lowe's and get Sta-Green soil in the yellow package. Nutes are 0.05-0.04-0.03. Mix this 4 to 1 with perlite. You'll need some garden lime as you add nutes, but overall it's cheap and worked fine for me.

 

slamminsalmon

Well-Known Member

• Jul 29, 2008

• #10

pro-mix bx

you cant go wrong.

or the fox farms equal.

 

Joshlandry420

New Member

• Aug 5, 2008

• #11

slow release fert is bad ???

 

jestacrazy

Well-Known Member

• Aug 5, 2008

• #12

he josh. i think u just need to check the ph alot with time realise. idk though. im a newbie to indoor. what kind of soil do u think i should use? ive got 60 watts of cfl.

 

mane2008

Well-Known Member

• Aug 5, 2008

• #13

if you can get ya hands on good soil fox farms is da way to go bra, but is rare to find. MG will work fuck da rep it has it will grow ya weed